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Seth Goodman wrote:
Julian Mehnle wrote on Friday, January 12, 2007 3:29 PM -0600:
As soon as they let themselves recognize that they are tied to
Microsoft's DNS and mail servers not because of the technology's
superiority but because of Microsoft's status as a monopolist,
they will be free.
Until then, I really don't feel obliged to restrain myself just to
get the 400 lbs gorilla users aboard.
No, I'm not kidding.
That's too bad, because this 400 lb. gorilla is not getting off the
table in our lifetimes. Like a lot of other things, you get to
chose whether you'd rather be right or win, but not both. Waiting
for most people to decide that MS is a poor technology choice is
not realistic, IMHO.
[...]
Anyone can wish that MS will not be able to keep doing business the way
they've been, but history tells another story. There's no reason they
can't keep on keepin' on for decades. SID was braindead before birth,
and it only has a few dozen records in the wild compared to a million
for SPF, but everyone still talks as if there is a real choice between
the two protocols. Convincing yourself that people will start caring
about technology and stop buying the same line of BS is at best
wishful thinking.
All of that may be true. However, we're not trying to get rich through
SPF, are we? So why should we cater to those who prefer to believe in BS?
(In order to prevent any misconceptions, I'm not saying that most of MS's
software is BS. It isn't. The BS we're talking about here is their
propaganda.)
Obviously there _are_ people effectively caring about technology, namely
those who wish to relieve themselves of the burden of e-mail abuse. If we
can help _them_, then I'm content with that.
MS cannot afford ignoring good technical solutions in the long run. Look
at what happened with Firefox vs. Internet Explorer. Now they've stopped
ignoring and returned to caring.
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